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見栄え (みばえ, mibae) Japanese meaning: good appearance | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 見栄えする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 見み 栄ば えする 見み 栄ば えしない Polite 見み 栄ば えします 見み 栄ば えしません Past polite 見み 栄ば えしました 見み 栄ば えしませんでした Past 見み 栄ば えした 見み 栄ば えしなかった Te-form 見み 栄ば えして 見み 栄ば えしないで Desire 見み 栄ば えしたい 見み 栄ば えしたくない Potential 見み 栄ば えできる 見み 栄ば えできない Passive 見み 栄ば えされる 見み 栄ば えされない Causative 見み 栄ば えさせる 見み 栄ば えさせない Causative passive 見み 栄ば えさせられる 見み 栄ば えさせられない Volitional 見み 栄ば えしよう Polite volitional 見み 栄ば えしましょう Imperative 見み 栄ば えしろ 見み 栄ば えするな Conditional 見み 栄ば えすれば 見み 栄ば えしなければ Tara conditional 見み 栄ば えしたら 見み 栄ば えしなかったら
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This dish looks really nice, doesn't it?
I made the presentation materials with an emphasis on visual appeal.
She always wears clothes that look attractive.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 の 見み 栄ば えがいい something looks good/attractive
This dish looks really nice.
見み 栄ば えが 悪わる い to look bad or unattractive
The photo's colors are off, so it doesn't look good.
見み 栄ば えがする to look impressive/attractive
Decorating with lots of flowers makes it look impressive.
見み 栄ば えを 良よ くする to make something look better
I improved the presentation to make it look better.
見み 栄ば えを 気き にする to care about how something looks
He always worries about how his clothes look.
Kanji 栄 flourish, prosperity, honor 映 reflect, reflection, projection Related words 見た目 is a casual, neutral word for outward appearance, while 見栄え specifically implies whether that appearance is attractive or impressive.
外観 is a formal, objective term for the exterior appearance of things like buildings, whereas 見栄え is subjective and focuses on how pleasing something looks.
体裁 emphasizes maintaining a proper or respectable outward form (e.g. for social decorum), while 見栄え is simply about visual attractiveness.
映え is a trendier, more casual word for visual appeal (as in インスタ映え), while 見栄え is a more general, traditional term for looking attractive.
Written forms 見み 栄ば え Usage 84%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
見み 映ば え Usage 9%
Alternate kanji spelling; also used, but less common than 見栄え.
見み ばえ Usage 6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
みばえ Usage 2%
Etymology Compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') + 栄え (bae, 'splendor, flourishing'). The reading みばえ is a rendaku form of みはえ.
